TheMoonEmpress

True, there is no hooking quality to her acting, like nothing pulls me in or gets me interested in her character. I've been noticing this since Legend of Yunxi, I at least watched that one for around 30 or so episodes before dropping it. All her dramas since then, I have dropped after the first couple of episodes. I can't get invested in her character nor her chemistry with the ML.

Yes, same. I trust her choices in terms of the scripts she has picked recently. Hopefully, we'll get to see more of her soon

Can you tell me which episodes have ML's fighting scenes? I just want to watch those....

Yes, her posture and mannerisms are not that of a princess. She is still acting like her character in legend of yunxi, just with more headgears, better clothes and redder lips.

Ju Jing Yi's acting leaves much to be desired. I gave this one a peak because I like JZ in the ultimate note. But I don't think I can handle JJY's bland acting for 40 episodes.

I will watch the blue whisper only for HYX. She doesn't have any other projects lined up for 2022 so this will be the only drama to watch her in.

Yes, I actually like how different her character in ARRTI is... It helped us to see her amazing acting skills in the emotional moments. I hope she takes on a wide variety of roles because she definitely has the range. A badass role would definitely help her, since her role in The Mysterious world is kinda like that and she was convincing in some parts but she needed some more work on her acting in others. And she was very much a newbie then. Hence, I think, a badass or conniving role would really expand her range even more. I guess she is not filming anything right now. I like that she is selective about her scripts now, everything she has chosen since 2019-20 has been pretty successful.

Yes, me too. Tall, broad and well built men give me the butterflies. Quite rare in asian dramas too.

I am a viewer and consumer of her drama, just like any other consumer. I too have some knowledge about mass media and what is required for an actor and actress to be called versatile. ZLS and JJY are okay in the roles they're comfortable in (although I really don't think that JJY can act, her face is not emotive at all) but they're not what I'll call versatile. What happens to Xiao Wu is supposed to be one of the most painful moment in TLB, but that pain didn't reach me because ZLS crying scenes were not natural at all. You could clearly see that she was "acting" And hence , one of the most painful moments lost its momentum for me. Nothing against ZLS, i did like her in TROTAR and TLB, but her emotional acting and crying scenes does need work.

And his physical stature is also quite broad.

I think so too since it has already received its airing license... It wrapped filming almost in 2019 or 2020....but nothing can be said when it comes to the Chinese dramaland

I hope the airing of this drama does not clash with Mirror Twin Cities. That's also another highly anticipated drama based on the merfolk theme...and rumours are circulating that it is also set to begin its promotion, likely even airing by the end of this year.

The chemistry between the main leads more than made up for the flaws of this drama for me.

He is a good character. They're not biologically related as Chu Yue is the adopted daughter of the emperor

You can read my review if you want more details before you decide. It's spoiler free but will give you an overall idea of the strengths and weaknesses. It's quite long and detailed lol, I have lots of thoughts about this drama and characters. And I still think about them.

Xu Kai Cheng looks like a giant among all the other actors.

Caesar wu's and Miles Wei's styling looks so good. 😍

I like both Miles Wei and Ye Sheng Jia, both great at acting.

I don't think they were replaced. I've seen in multiple places that she turned it down. She is very selective about her scripts, i think going by what we've seen from her so far

Tbh i don't know why we are discussing Lu Si on this drama page. But I have to say, I've watched Lu Si in ALOTY and TLB and, although i really enjoyed her dramas TROTAR and TLB, I have to say that her acting needs improvement, especially emotional and crying scenes. You can immediately tell that she is "acting" when she does those intensely emotional scenes. Her acting in those scenes looks so fake that I was instantly pulled out of the story, hence Xiao Wu's character arc was not that impactful for me, because her crying scenes were not convincing at all, to me. And even in ALOTY, the serious scenes were poorly acted and executed. She can definitely improve if she keeps taking such roles. She doesn't have that range at the moment though.